Classicisms Lecture: Jas’ Elsner

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Join art historian and classicist Jas’ Elsner for the talk “Classicism and the Transmission of Antiquity.”

During the talk, Elsner will discuss the ways artworks were viewed in their original context and how they relate to other forms of cultural, social, and spiritual practice. Elsner is the Humfrey Payne Senior Research Fellow in Classical Archaeology and Art at Corpus Christi College in the University of Oxford.

Image: Unidentified Artist, North African, probably Carthage, Head of an Emperor or Female Head (An Empress?), c. 4th–5th century, Carved limestone high relief. Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago, Gift in memory of John W. McKay, Trail, B.C. Canada, 1979.37.